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Tag: Environment

500% More Land Needed For England And Wales To Feed Population Through Organic Farming
Environment

500% More Land Needed For England And Wales To Feed Population Through Organic Farming

October 21, 2019

PICTURED: Members of an organic farming community near Rostock, Germany Photo credit Wikimedia CC 4.0 In a recent paper…

Interior Department Directs $100 Million For Public-Private Wetlands/Waterfowl Conservation
Conservation

Interior Department Directs $100 Million For Public-Private Wetlands/Waterfowl Conservation

September 30, 2019

PICTURED: The Snake Wild and Scenic River, Idaho. The Upper Snake is one of the largest beneficiaries of this…

Madagascar’s Indigenous Communities Are Taking Initiative To Save Endangered Lemurs And Prevent Deforestation
Conservation

Madagascar’s Indigenous Communities Are Taking Initiative To Save Endangered Lemurs And Prevent Deforestation

September 5, 2019

PICTURED: The silky sifaka in Marojejy National Park, Madagascar. Photo credit, Jeff Gibbs, taken from Wikimedia. The South-west of…

As Wildfires Rage In Forests Across The Globe, Sec. Bernhardt Prepares For Fire Season At Home
Policy

As Wildfires Rage In Forests Across The Globe, Sec. Bernhardt Prepares For Fire Season At Home

August 22, 2019

PICTURED: The 2017 La Tuna Fire, the biggest in Los Angeles’ history. Photo credit: Scott L“More than 21,000 square…

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UPDATE: Imprisoned Iranian Scientists Trying To Save Their 50 Remaining Cheetahs Go On Hunger Strike

August 12, 2019

PICTURED: Top row from left to right, Sam Rajabi, Houman Jowkar, Niloufar Bayani, Morad Tahbaz, and bottom row, from…

IUCN Red List Passes 100,000 Species Assessed
Conservation

IUCN Red List Passes 100,000 Species Assessed

July 23, 2019

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has broken through the 100,000 species barrier; it…

Peru Comes Good On Immense 2014 Commitments To Conserving Their Natural Treasures
Policy

Peru Comes Good On Immense 2014 Commitments To Conserving Their Natural Treasures

July 18, 2019

PICTURED: Organizers and leaders smile on closing of the Amazon portion of Peru’s Natural Legacy. Photo credit Gordon and…

Cooperation Or Conflict: How To Save Biodiversity In The Tropics
Conservation

Cooperation Or Conflict: How To Save Biodiversity In The Tropics

July 17, 2019

Tremendous sacrifices have been made in the quest to feed the people of the world, much of it fronted…

Operation Thunderball Saves More Trafficked Wildlife Than Any To Come Before
Conservation

Operation Thunderball Saves More Trafficked Wildlife Than Any To Come Before

July 14, 2019

Operation Thunderball – no it isn’t a convoluted scheme by a villain in a James Bond film, but rather…

‘Extinct’ Clouded Leopard Sighted In Southeast Taiwan
Conservation

‘Extinct’ Clouded Leopard Sighted In Southeast Taiwan

June 22, 2019

Taipei, Taiwan. February 23rd, 2019. In 2013 a research team consisting of experts from the U.S. and Taiwan concluded…

Since 2011, Elephant Poaching Has Fallen Dramatically
Conservation

Since 2011, Elephant Poaching Has Fallen Dramatically

June 4, 2019

According to a new paper published in Science, the numbers of elephants killed illegally in Africa dropped from 10%…

How Conservationists Take Advantage Of Public Perception To Save More Than Just Tigers And Pandas
Conservation

How Conservationists Take Advantage Of Public Perception To Save More Than Just Tigers And Pandas

June 2, 2019

We live in the Anthropocene, the era of humans. Unsurprisingly, most public dollars go towards the benefit and advancement…

The Fifth Oldest Tree In The World Was Discovered In US, But It’s Not A Sequoia
Conservation

The Fifth Oldest Tree In The World Was Discovered In US, But It’s Not A Sequoia

May 16, 2019

Bladen, North Carolina, 2017. In a stand of bald cypress trees on a North Carolina nature conservancy, scientists discovered…

Scientists Enlist The Help Of Plants In A Simple, Yet Elegant Climate Change Solution
Environment

Scientists Enlist The Help Of Plants In A Simple, Yet Elegant Climate Change Solution

April 28, 2019

In third grade we learn that plants breathe in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen, and that for this reason…

Glut Of International Agreements Look To Improve Wildlife Rights
Environment

Glut Of International Agreements Look To Improve Wildlife Rights

April 25, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. April 23rd, 2019. U.S. Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with…

Trump And Nuclear Weapons Expert Stand Apart From Defense Community On Climate Change
Environment

Trump And Nuclear Weapons Expert Stand Apart From Defense Community On Climate Change

April 23, 2019

In a 180 degree turn, President Trump seems to be second-guessing a previous decision he made to designate climate…

We Know Plastic Debris Litters The Oceans, What About The Skies?
Environment

We Know Plastic Debris Litters The Oceans, What About The Skies?

April 16, 2019

Most of us are tragically over-familiar with the image of plastic debris littering the world’s oceans, beaches, and roadsides.…

President Trump’s 2020 Budget Includes 6x More Funding For National Forests And Firefighting
Policy

President Trump’s 2020 Budget Includes 6x More Funding For National Forests And Firefighting

April 9, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. April 9th 2019. The Senate Committee for Energy and Natural Resources met today to go over the…

That Green New Deal Receives No Votes May Suggest Disunity Among Democrats
Policy

That Green New Deal Receives No Votes May Suggest Disunity Among Democrats

March 31, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. March 26th, 2019: Congress rejected a proposal that would create a much discussed and publicized Green New…

Africa Is Building A Great Wall To Stand Defiant Against Poverty, Climate Change, And Despair
Environment

Africa Is Building A Great Wall To Stand Defiant Against Poverty, Climate Change, And Despair

March 24, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. March 15th, 2019: While President Trump exercised his powers of veto in order to sustain his state…

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